With three locations in Nolita, Battery Park City and the East Village, Black Seed Bagels takes their hand-rolled creations seriously. They boil their bagels in honey water for added sweetness, bake them in a wood-fired oven and then place them in a marble chute to cool using hand-carved walnut peels. Even a bagel shop can turn into a photo studio by simply shooting cool reflection shots of a friend through the storefront window, or capturing graphic patterns, like Black Seed’s black and white tiled floor in its Nolita location.